Poor Selena: Let the murderous witch rot in prison
So the murderous, thieving witch who shot the lovely 23-year-old singer, Selena Quintanilla-Perez, in the back March 31, 1995, wants to be released from state prison when her parole comes due in March 2025?
Hell no.
I saw this story pop up last week courtesy of two media outlets — 107.3 radio and The Messenger News: “Selena Killer Yolanda Saldívar Wants to Beg Singer’s Family Not to Fight Parole Request.”
Really? Only if she can resurrect the life she took and replace the years she stole from such a young, talented woman. Erase the grief she caused the family? Even then, I’d say, no, keep the witch locked up until she goes to meet her Maker. Good luck with that, by the way.
According to the story published in the TheMessenger.com, Saldívar plans to write a letter to her victim’s family, according to a source, as she prepares to request her freedom 30 years after she gunned down the singer in a Texas hotel room (one of the Days Inns in Corpus).
“If they stand in her way, she knows her chances of getting out (of prison) are very slim,” a relative of Saldívar says of the letter. “She wants to tell them how sorry she is, how much she’s changed. She wants to beg them not to oppose her request.”
It drives me nuts (okay, nuttier than I already am) when murderers, child molesters, the worst of the worst, claim they’re a changed person after so many years locked up behind bars, so sorry for the crime they committed, so desirous of a release from prison.
Sorry, but I could care less how much of a changed person they are. Stay locked up.
In fact, the sign of a truly repentant person would be, they wouldn’t ask for prison release. They’d accept the sentence handed them and say, “I don’t deserve to be paroled for what I did.”
Most of these people, I think, are only remorseful because they’re in prison. If they had gotten away with their crime, they wouldn’t be sorry for the pain and misery they caused.
In the case of Yolanda Saldívar, now 63, there was never any doubt that she shot Selena after the singer confronted her in a motel room, asking her to provide the financial papers she and her father had asked for after it had become evident that Saldívar was stealing from the Selena enterprise (fan club and boutiques).
In response, the killer pulled a gun from her purse and shot the singer as she tried to flee, calling her a “bitch” as she ran after the wounded Tejano singing sensation.
Unfortunately, the bullet severed an artery, and by the time Selena made it to the ER, she was already dead, despite heroic efforts by the physicians on hand to save the young life.
Using what can only be described as a BS defense, Yolanda Saldívar said the shooting was an accident. She claimed that she had been holding the gun to her head, planning to commit suicide, when Selena entered the room. Saldívar said that the singer startled her, and the gun went off accidentally.
Sure thing. Thankfully, the jury didn’t buy it, and the killer was sent to a state woman’s prison in north-central Texas (Gatesville, near Killeen).
As an aside, for fans of shock jock Howard Stern, let’s not forget what he had to say about Selena only a few days after her death. From multiple sources including ABC News:
Stern can go get…
On his radio show, just a day or two after Selena’s murder, Shock Jock Howard Stern played Selena’s music with the sound of gunshots in the background and mocked her fans with a fake Hispanic accent. He also made statements such as “Spanish people have the worst taste in music. … This music does absolutely nothing for me. Alvin and the Chipmunks have more soul.”
Stern’s comments led to a significant backlash, including a disorderly conduct arrest warrant being issued in his name in Harlingen.
Upset that he might lose some listeners, Stern later apologized on air in Spanish, stating that his comments were made in satire and were not intended to hurt Selena’s fans, family, and friends.
Seriously? A pox on his head. Meanwhile, back to Selena’s killer.
May she rot in jail. Unfortunately, Texas didn’t pass its “Life Without Parole” Law until 2005, 10 years after the singer’s sad murder and her killer’s conviction. State Senator Eddie Lucio sponsored the bill, by the way.
Unfortunately, Saldívar’s conviction couldn’t be grandfathered, otherwise, the witch from hell (murderess, alleged thief) who killed the talented singer, dead at 23, wouldn’t even be up for parole in 2025.
Oppose Saldívar’s Parole
If you’re as passionate as I am in opposing Saldívar’s 2025 parole, the general public can write letters to oppose it. The Victim Services Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice receives and processes protest letters and other information submitted by crime victims and concerned citizens for review by the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles.
It might take some digging on your part to uncover more facts about how to mount a protest, and as we move into next year, I’ll do a follow-up to this editorial.
However, when submitting correspondence to the Victim Services Division, it is important to include the offender’s name (which we already have) and her TDCJ # (00733126) or her SID # (State Identification Number -- 05422564).
You may email, fax or mail your protest letters or other information to:
- TDCJ - Victim Services Division
- 8712 Shoal Creek Blvd, Suite 265
- Austin, Texas 78757
- E-mail: victim.svc@tdcj. texas.gov
- Fax: (512) 452-0825
Please note that this information is subject to change, so it’s always a good idea to check the latest details on the official website of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles.
I’m going to write a letter of protest, and I hope you do as well.
Keep this wicked witch locked up for life. We all make mistakes, but shooting someone in cold blood? No, that doesn’t deserve freedom from a prison cell.
On the flip side, I’m sure Saldívar has family members who have suffered as well from her crime. Still, that doesn’t justify her release or pity from any of us who consider the murder of Selena Quintanilla-Perez to be a crime worthy of life in prison.